Railway-tie.



P; G. MELLINGER.

RAILWAY TIE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1912.

1,037,506. Patented Sep t.3,1912.

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FRANKLIN O. MELLING-ER, OF AVON, PL'INSYLVANIA.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it; known that I, FRANKLIN'O. MEL- Li'nonn, a citizen of .the United States, residing at Avon, in the county of Lebanon and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-dies; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable other s skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same.

Hy invention relates to railway ties, and has for its objec certain ll'flplOVBlTlGIltS whereby the tie sccurelyqembedded in the road-bed, the rail cushioned or yieldingly supported on the ties, and the loosening of the bolts, due to the jar on the ties minimixed. t

The invention consists in certain features of construction, which will be fully disclosed in the following specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification :-Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved tie showing a rail secured in position at one end of the tie andi the rail, and the clamping-plates removed from the tie at the opposite end. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section and Fig. is a vertical transverse section on line 23-45 Fig. 2.

Reference being had to the drawings and the designating characters thereon, the numeral. 1 indicates the tie which in vertical transverse section through its longitudinal center and at its ends beyond the pockets for the springs represents an I-beam in which 2 is the web and 3, i, the flanges which extend laterally beyond the web and the space between them a'llords space for tanniiug the ballastagainst the tie and securely fastening it in the road bed.

The tie rests upon the base at its lower edge and therails are secured to the upper edge thereof as shown.

4, 4 indicate vertical pockets or springchan'ibers in the tie,- and the tie is reinforced by check iicces 5, 5, cast integral therewith on both sides of the tie oppositeor adjacent to the pockets 4., and form the side walls thereof.

(3 inoicatcs a recess formed in the upper end of each pocket. l 7--is a helically coiled spring of sufiicient strength to sustain the weight of an engine, car or train passing over the tie and is seated in each pocket.

Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

Application filed June 29, li'ZrSerial No. 706,599.

Extending down into the interior of the spring is a rod or pin 8 which in conjunction with the wall of the pocket prevents buckling of the spring under the weight of a passing train; and at the upper end of said pin 8 is a bearing-plate 9, which rests upon the spring 7 and engages the walls of the recess (3 and moves vertically therein as the spring is compressed by the weight upon it and recedes to its normal position when the weight is removed.

I 10 indicates the rail, Whose flange 11 rests upon the bearing-plate 9 and is secured in position on the tie 1 by clamping-plates 12, 12, one on each side of the rail, and the clamping-plates are secured to the upper flange 3 of the tie by bolts 13 of conventional form.

The inner ends of the clamping-plates en-v gage the Web of the rail and prevent any lateral movement of the rail, 'while it is free to move vertically between the ends of said plates.

14, indicates liners of yielding material, such felt or its equivalent inserted between the upper surface of the tie and. the clamping-plates 1.2, to minimize the jar on the bolts and prevent their becoming loose.

15 indicates an opening in the liner 14, opposite the recess 6 in the pocket 4 to allow the bearing-plate 9 to rise under the recoil of the-spring and also serves to guide the hearing-plate in its upward movement.

The operation. of the device is obvious; when a train passes over the tie the rails are forced down upon the springs 7 which takes the jar oil the tie and the liner it minimizes the jar'on the bolts 13, thus reudering the road smooth and free from the armoyance of jolts and and their destructive effect upon rolling stock.

Having thus fully described my invention,

. what I claim is 1. A railway-tie whose body or major portion is approximately I-shaped. having laterally extending flanges at its upper and lower edges and on both sides thereof, and vertical pockets or chambers having reinforces on both sides thereof, springs in said pockets, separate bearing'plates for each rail, and. clamping-plates for securing the rails to the tie.

2. A railway-tie having pockets in the body thereof, recesses inthe upper ends of said pockets, springs in the pockets, a rail bearing-plate engaging said recesses in each bearing-plates for each rail resting on said 10 springs,

separate clamping-plates on each side the rails, and liners of yielding mate rial interposed between the tie and the c1amping-p1ates to minimize the jar.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANKLIN G. MELLIN GER.

iVitnesses:

SAMUEL WITTLE, WILLIAM P. GAURBER. 

